Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

The following reconciles cash and equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Company's consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019 to the total of these amounts shown on the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows:



(Millions of dollars)	March 31, 2020		September 30, 2019
Cash and equivalents	$	2,351	$	536
Restricted cash	88		54
Cash and equivalents and restricted cash	$	2,439	$	590

Cash equivalents consist of all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less at time of purchase. Restricted cash consists of cash restricted from withdrawal and usage except for certain product liability matters.

The Company’s cash and equivalents include institutional money market accounts which permit daily redemption and the fair values of these investments are based upon the quoted prices in active markets provided by the holding financial institutions, which are considered Level 1 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of these accounts were $1.8 billion and $39 million at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. The Company’s remaining cash and equivalents, excluding restricted cash, were $516 million and $497 million at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.

Short-term investments are held to their maturities and are carried at cost, which approximates fair value. The short-term investments consist of instruments with maturities greater than three months and less than one year.

Long-term debt is recorded at amortized cost. The fair value of long-term debt is measured based upon quoted prices in active markets for similar instruments, which are considered Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of long-term debt was $17.2 billion and $19.2 billion at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively. The fair value of the current portion of long-term debt was $2.4 billion and $1.3 billion at March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.

All other instruments measured by the Company at fair value, including derivatives and contingent consideration liabilities, are immaterial to the Company's consolidated balance sheets.

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements

In the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company recorded a charge to Cost of products sold of $39 million to write down the carrying value of certain intangible assets in the Biosciences unit. The amount recognized in the second quarter of 2020 was recorded to adjust the carrying amount of assets to the assets' fair values, which were estimated, based upon a market participant's perspective, using Level 3 inputs, as values were estimated using the income approach.

Transfers of trade receivables

Over the normal course of its business activities, the Company transfers certain trade receivable assets to third parties under factoring agreements. Per the terms of these agreements, the Company surrenders control over its trade receivables upon transfer. Accordingly, the Company accounts for the transfers as sales of trade receivables by recognizing an increase to Cash and equivalents and a decrease to Trade receivables, net when proceeds from the transactions are received. The Company’s balance of Trade receivables, net at March 31, 2020 excludes trade receivables of $246 million that have been transferred to third parties under factoring arrangements. The costs incurred by the Company in connection with factoring activities were not material to its consolidated financial results. The Company’s transfers of trade receivables during the six months ended March 31, 2019 were not material to its consolidated financial results.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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